Matthew 13:13

Catholic Public Domain Version

For this reason, I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Cross References

Isaiah 44:18

They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.

Jeremiah 5:21

Listen, O foolish people who have no heart! You have eyes, but you do not see, and ears, but you do not hear.

Ezekiel 12:2

"Son of man, you live in the midst of a provoking house. They have eyes to see, and they do not see; and ears to hear, and they do not hear. For they are a provoking house.

Ezekiel 20:49

And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

Romans 11:8

just as it was written: "God has given them a spirit of reluctance: eyes that do not perceive, and ears that do not hear, even until this very day."